Someone please post the rules for posting on the general forum

I cannot seem to find them ANYwhere, maybe I just went blind!

*points at the link "guidelines" in the top bar*

So if you wish to start a discussion about ANYTHING, here is the place to do it right?
It states under CLASSIFIEDS that no discussion can take place.
I guess free speech does not exist on the SL website at all.
Aw well ' tis just another poke in the eye, there have been rather a lot lately.
I am SERIOUSLY considering moving to a basic account taking down all my builds.
People - DO NOT make anything remotely interesting to others or unique in anyway in SL.
DO NOT contribute to SL in any way that will enhance it for others.
It only leads to getting 50 dozen slaps in the face.
No wonder so many people have left SL:/

Signed-
Really tired and fed up of it all.

In this case I guess the specific discussion forum you're looking for is either "General Topics" or "Sandbox"

Classifieds is not the place for discussions no.

The rules pretty much amount to staying off the resmods' radar because their calls are enforced by whatever side of the bed the Linden on duty rolled out of.

Of course it doesn't. Why would you ever think it did? Private company, private forums.



Or, you know, do.

i think i missed something between the question and the revolution

The first thing to keep in mind when trying to figure out what is appropriate to post in the Second Life forum is the purpose of the forums, as stated in the Forum Guidelines, which are linked to at the top of the forum pages: "The purpose of the Second Life Forums is to promote discussion and education about Second Life." This tells you right off the bat in clear language that the forums are not intended to be used to store and display every single thing that every single user of Second Life might feel like typing. They are here as an informational adjunct to Linden Research, Inc.'s virtual reality simulation software and database system, which is called "Second Life".

The General forum has a description: "Discuss your ideas and observations about SL which are of broad interest to the community and don't fit better in another forum." There is thus no ambiguity about whether the use of the word "general" in the forum's title is intended to convey that posts may cover any topic whatsoever. Posts in the "General" forum must be "about Second Life" and must be "of broad interest to the community" and must not "fit better in another forum:". Note the use of logical AND to connect these filter clauses; posts must meet all three criteria to be appropriate for the general forum.

Some of the other forums for discussion of specific aspects of Second Life, and their descriptions, are shown below:

Resident-Run Websites

Bulletin Board

Land and the Economy

SL In-world Political Science

SL Volunteers & Education

SL ResMod

SL Live Helpers

SL Mentors

SL Instructors and Educators

SL Greeters

Real Life Meetups & Events

Animations

Building

Design and Textures

Event Discussion

Gallery

Movies & Machinima

Scripting Library

Scripting Tips

SL Games

Lindens Asking for Feature Feedback

Zoning/Covenants/Group Empowerment

Preview 1.10.0 Feature Feedback

Current Version Feature Feedback

Feature Suggestions

Technical Issues

Mac Discussion

Mac Universal Binary Alpha

Linux Client Alpha Testers


So, having established that what you want to say concerns Second Life, AND is of general interest to the community, and doesn't fit into one of the other discussion forums above or any other Second Life discussion forums I overlooked, you then stop and ask yourself: "Am I just trying to slip an ad in General?" If the answer is yes you put your post in the classifieds, which have forums for Shopping , Land Sales and Rentals, Property Sales and Rentals, Special Attractions , New Products,Employment Ops & Help Wanted, Products Wanted , and Services.

If you still have a post that might qualify as being appropriate to include in the General forum, you should quickly check to make sure that is doesn't violate any of the Terms of Service clauses that govern all of our our behavior while using any aspect of "the Service", such as those shown below:



For the sake of brevity I have only included one passage from the TOS but you should keep the entire thing in mind, and of course the entire Community Standards requirements and the entire Forum Guidelines before so much as even thinking about clicking on the Post Reply or Start New Thread buttons. Before doing something as potentially serious as posting in the Second Life forums, one might want to consult their lawyer, and it really wouldn't hurt to get a second opinion as well. Two heads, after all, are said to be better than one, though I am not absolutely sure if that saying applies to lawyers.

I hope this clarifies to some degree the question about where and what the rules about posting in General forum are.

If one wishes to comment on the sorry state of one aspect or another of Second Life culture, economy, etc. one could start a new thread but it might be considered good Netiquette to select one of the many hundreds or thousands of existing threads on such topics and post in there.

There is a group forum for product discussion run by Francis Chung, I believe, this forum has the distinctively confusing name "The Francis Chung Fan Club". I think the idea of that forum is that sellers create a thread in that forum for discussion of their products. You might want to ask Francis if that forum would be appropriate.

There is a website run by Aaron Levy for discussion of, among other things, problems with Second Life goods and services, this site is at http://www.slbbb.com/forum, the Second Life Better Business Bureau.

There are at least three third party sites with forums that can be used to address segments of the Second Life user base: forums.sluniverse.com, forums.secondcitizen.com, and forums.sldrama.com.

Cheers,

SuezanneC

---- Addenda --------

It has just come to my attention that the United Nations Council on Safe Posting Practices recommends that anyone making a post to a forum emit a high pitched tone audible at least 10 meters in all directions immediately prior to and during the posting process and for a period of at least 30 seconds afterwards.

The first rule about General Topics is you don't talk about General Topics.

Is this supposed to be funny 'cause I'm laughing.

Congratulations! This is the finest example of omfg LL sucks I'm packing up my toys and going home I've ever seen. If I read you right, you're pissed because classifieds aren't for discussion... and somehow that is restricting your 'free speech'? You don't see that's a little silly? Classifieds have a specific purpose, and that purpose isn't discussion. Where is the drama in that?

You can discuss something that's in classifieds, just not in classifieds themselves:

"Please note the Classified Forums are Post-Only, to discuss your new Second Life creations or other topics in relation to the classified section, please use the Discussion Forums." - Jeska Linden

That's what it says at the top.

Fade, you are misunderstanding.
The original posting was pertaining to the GENERAL forum and it's rules NOT the classifieds forum.
I am pissed NOT because things cannot be discussed in the classifieds forum, but because postings are MOVED fromt he GENERAL forum ( where things CAN be discussed) to forums where they CANNOT be discussed.
SO no drama involved.
My contemplating downscaling to a basic account involves a WHOLE lot more than just a general forum posting.

I'm not surprised. It's not like you expressed yourself particularly clearly.

Yes, I see you are right. I guess that is what lack of sleep will do sometimes

I hear you there